STOCK MARKET

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 269, 10 February 1941, Page 4

STOCK MARKET

OPOTIKI SHEEP FAIR

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their annual sheep

fair at Opotiki, when fully the ad-

vertised entryl came forward. There was a large and representative attendance of buyers coming from the

Waikato, Kotorua, Te Puke and as

far north as Auckland. The oiierin

comprised a oig proportion of good quality grown wethers which sold under keen competition at practically the same values as the corresponding period last year. There was

:>nly a small proportion of the yard

ing comprising lambs, which also sold at values comparing favourably with last year. Ewes sold at rates easier than last year, however practically a total clearance was effected under the hammer. Realisations:

4-tooth wethers 21s 3d to 22s 9d; 4 and 6-tooth. wethers 20s to 22s 7d; medium sorts 17s (nl to 19s; 2-tooth wethers 19s Sd to 21s Id; medium sorts 17s to 18s; 2-tooth ewes 26s lid

to 29s 8d; small eswes 20s to 225; mixed age ewes 18s to 235; 5-year ewes 17s to 20s 8d; medium sorts 15s-

to 16s; F.M. cavcs 13s 2d to 14s; cull ewes 7s to 10s; Southdown lambs 13s to 15s;. M.S. lambs 16s to 17s 3d; shorn wether lambs 12s to 13s lOd; ciill lambs 8s to 10s; shearling Romney rams to o^gns.

Principal Sales Effected: A/c Red-

path Bros, Oponac, 317 4-th wethers 21s 6d; A'/c. Mr C. Shaw, Palcihi., 335 4 and 6-th wethers 21s Id; A/c Edwards Estate, Opotiki, 250 4-th wethers 22s !>d; A/c Messrs H. S. Holmes, Ltd. 40b 4-th wethers 21q fld; A/c Mr J. H. ReM„ To a T'oa,

115 4-th wethers 21s Md; A/e Messrs Gordon Bros, 440 4 and 6-th wethers 26s 7d; A/c Hallam Bros, 456 6-411 wethers 20s 2d; A/c Estate J.. M. Butler, 104 4 an<* 6-th wetiiers 20s;j A/c A. J. Macrae, Oponac, 112 2-th wethers 20s 10d; A/c Mr A. Geilert, 180 6th wethers 21-s 3d.